Korematsu v. US (1944), the Supreme Court ruling that in a time of great “emergency and peril,” the internment of Japanese Americans was constitutional.
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Korematsu versus United States case (323 U.S 214, 1944) a case of, United States that was related to the imprisonment of Japanese Americans during the second world war. The decision got a worldwide criticism and as it was considered as the discredited principles of bigotry. The decision was also considered as a stain to the American Judiciary.
After the strike on Pearl Harbour, United States President Franklin D Roosevelt issued an Executive order authorizing the War Department in the military areas from where Americans can be excluded. After it, Western Military Command of the United States charged a defense on the western shore of the United States and ordered the citizens of the Japanese ancestry to relate to internment camps. The law was challenged as per the violation of the Fifth amendment.
The ruling of the case was the first instance when United Supreme Court applied criticism strict scrutiny to review racial discrimination by the government.
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Answer Details
Grade: High school
Subject: US History
Chapter: Supreme Court
Keywords: Korematsu, United States, of Japanese Americans, bigotry, Pearl Harbour, Franklin D Roosevelt, War Department, Western Military Command, internment camps, Fifth amendment.
